隧道

Chinese

		tunnel	way
trad. (隧道)		隧	道
simp. ^#(隧道)		隧	道

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suìdào

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁶ dou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sui-tho
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sūi-tō / sūi-tō͘ / tūi-tō

(Teochew, Peng'im): sui⁷ dao⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zoe-dau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suìdào
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suèidào
  - Wade–Giles: sui⁴-tao⁴
  - Yale: swèi-dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sueydaw
  - Palladius: суйдао (sujdao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi⁶ dou⁶
  - Yale: seuih douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁶ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁶ dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²² tou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sui-tho
  - Hakka Romanization System: sui to
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sui⁴ to⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /su̯i⁵⁵ tʰo⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūi-tō
  - Tâi-lô: suī-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suixdoi
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sui²²⁻²¹ to²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sui³³⁻¹¹ to³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui³³⁻²¹ tɤ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūi-tō͘
  - Tâi-lô: suī-tōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suixdo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sui⁴¹⁻²² tɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tūi-tō
  - Tâi-lô: tuī-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: duixdoi
  - IPA (Taipei): /tui³³⁻¹¹ to³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tui³³⁻²¹ tɤ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sui⁷ dao⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sūi tău
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui¹¹ tau³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zoe-dau
  - MiniDict: zoe^去 dau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe-dau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²² dɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

隧道

tunnel (underground or underwater passage)
隧道開車燈。／隧道开车灯。 ― Suìdào kāi chēdēng. ― Turn on headlights before entering tunnel.

Synonyms

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地下通道 (dìxià tōngdào)
地下道 (dìxiàdào)
地道
坑道 (kēngdào) (military)
巷道 (hàngdào) (usually dug for transport, drainage and ventilation)
暗窿 (Hakka)
磅空 (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka)
隧洞 (suìdòng)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
隧	道
ずい Hyōgai	どう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [d͡zɨido̞ː]

Noun

隧(ずい)道(どう) • (zuidō)

(dated) tunnel
Synonym: トンネル (tonneru)

Usage notes

トンネル (tonneru) has become the customary term, even for tunnels physically named 隧道 (zuidō) in inscriptions (as in the image on the right): 長尾トンネル (Nagao Tonneru), etc.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
隧	道
すい Hyōgai	どう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すいどー [sùídóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨido̞ː]

Noun

隧(すい)道(どう) • (suidō)

(obsolete) alternative form of 隧道 (zuidō, “tunnel”)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
隧	道
つい Hyōgai	どう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡sɨido̞ː]

Noun

隧(つい)道(どう) • (tsuidō)

(obsolete) alternative form of 隧道 (zuidō, “tunnel”)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
隧	道

Noun

隧道 • (sudo) (hangeul 수도)

hanja form^? of 수도 (“tunnel”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
隧	道

Noun

隧道

chữ Hán form of tuỵ đạo (“(obsolete) tunnel”)

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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